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- Dictionaryfilm/fɪlm/
noun
- 1. a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures: "he had already shot a whole roll of film"
- 2. a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television: "a horror film" Similar
verb
- 1. capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a film of (a story, event, or book): "she glowered at the television crew who were filming them" Similar
- 2. become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something: "his eyes had filmed over" Similar
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5 days ago · history of film, history of cinema, a popular form of mass media, from the 19th century to the present. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
- Introduction of Colour
History of film - Color, Cinematography, Movies:...
- Germany
History of film - German Expressionism, Weimar Republic,...
- India
History of film - Indian Cinema, Bollywood, Silent Films:...
- France
History of film - French Cinema, Auteur Theory, New Wave:...
- Postsynchronization
History of film - Postsynchronization, Technology, Art: The...
- European Cinema
History of film - European Cinema, Silent Era, Avant-Garde:...
- Introduction of Colour
3 days ago · Film - Documentary, Animation, Drama: Most connoisseurs of the art of motion pictures feel that the greatest films are the artistic and personal expression of strong directors. The cinema exists, however, for many social functions, and its “art” has served many types of film that do not set out to be artistic.
4 days ago · The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post-production, film festivals, distribution, and actors.
1 day ago · The term film noir, French for 'black film' (literal) or 'dark film' (closer meaning), was first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, but was unrecognized by most American film industry professionals of that era.
1 day ago · Movies is slang for motion picture. Film is the medium on which motion pictures are fixed. Cinema is from the French cinématographe which comes in part from the greek kinema, meaning"movement". So cinema is really just another word meaning moving picture. Takedown request View complete answer on quora.com.
4 days ago · Happy Friday, gang! The weekend is right around the corner. Heck, it’ll be the second day of an extra-long weekend for folks in the U.S. who opted to take the day off after July 4. That’s the ...
3 days ago · Montage refers to the editing of the film, the cutting and piecing together of exposed film in a manner that best conveys the intent of the work. Montage is what distinguishes motion pictures from the performing arts, which exist only within a performance.
